Out of Mothballs

Just for fun (and because I think it'll be worth it) I'm pulling my short story "Sinking NeoVenice" out of mothballs, dusting it off and re-editing it for publication. I'll probably go over it, checking for overall character motivation, consistent theme, always with an eye to trim down if I can. Then I'll post it over at the CW forums and see what kind of feedback I get from it. My final step will be to see if there's an appropriate market out there for it. It's sort of an unusual story--kind of a cyberpunk thing, but I think it won't be too tough to find a market if I can make the story itself work well enough.

Encouraging meeting

I met this last week with the guy whose story a fellow author and I are ghostwriting, and it was a very encouraging meeting. We talked through his original manuscript and how we can cut it down to the most impacting stories, which I'll then fill out with description and other prose. I feel like we now have a definite direction for the project. It also looks like there's a decent chance that it'll get picked up by a major publishing house, which will be really nice. 

Of course, that last little tidbit sort of puts the pressure on, but that's okay. We can deal with that. 

Now all we need to know is how much time we've got left 'till deadline.